Leilah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning night; a form of Layla.
Leilah by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Leilah. In the US, 204 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 251 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Layla
Like Leilah, each of these traces back to Layla: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Laelanight; a form of Layla52 in the US (2017)
- Laelahnight; a respelling of Layla or Laylah41 in the US (2017)
- Laiylanight; a variant of Layla24 in the US (2017)
- Lejlanight; a form of Layla22 in the US (2017)
- Layliananight; an elaborated form of Layla11 in the US (2017)
- Leylinight; variant spelling of Layla9 in the US (2017)
- Layla-Raenight; a compound of Layla and Rae8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lailinight; a respelled form of Layla or Leila5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leilah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Leilah
Names that are said the same way as Leilah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the night
Like Leilah, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Leilah
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